State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan yesterday said the government is ready to provide essential support to the Mobile Financial Service (MFS) providers to reach out maximum population, reports UNB. He said this at a round table discussion on ‘Mobile Financial Service: the Right Delivery…

Different banks have provided Tk 2.5 crore from their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for the livelihood improvement of the former-enclave peoples in northern district of Panchagar, reports UNB. The money was spent on implementing different healthcare and procurement of agro-machinery procurement.…

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General Taleb Rifai is set to hand over an open letter on travel and tourism to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday in recognition to Bangladesh's tourism ability of boosting socioeconomic growth and creating employments, reports…

Shahjahan Mahmood takes charge of the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as its chairman today. Mahmood will replace Sunil Kanti Bose whose…

Oman Air, the national flag carrier of Oman, yesterday started its flight operation on Muscat-Dhaka-Muscat route apart from its existing operation to Chittagong, reports BSS. The first flight of Oman Air from Muscat to Dhaka arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 4-30pm. Civil Aviation…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina emphasised the need for introducing direct air flight between Bangladesh and Turkey for promotion of bilateral trade and business, reports BSS. The Prime Minister said this when the newly appointed ambassador of Turkey, Devrim Ozturk, made a courtesy call on her at her office…

Xinhua, YANGON: A total of 10 companies have been tentatively selected to act as players in Myanmar’s first ever Yangon Stock Exchange Market, planned to be launched in early December, an official report said yesterday. Deputy Finance Minister U Maung Maung Thein, who is also chair of the Securities…

AFP, BEIJING: China's economy does not need to grow seven percent this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said late on Saturday, after data last week showed the economy grew at the slowest pace since the financial crisis. But China can still overcome economic problems, Li said in a speech at the Central…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India yesterday hailed Africa as a frontier of new opportunities ahead of a major gathering of the continent's leaders in New Delhi to boost trade and investment. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said India was committed to Africa's economic rise, as it ramps up the race for resources…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Venezuela's Central Bank has filed suit in US court charging that the website DolarToday, which focuses on the black market rate for the bolivar, is harming and destabilizing the country's economy. The suit filed Friday claims that "DolarToday fabricates black market exchange…

AFP, ADDIS ABABA: Africa’s flourishing Ethiopian Airlines is clear—the future lies with China and it plans to hit home that point by putting Chinese crew members on all flights to China as of next month. “Asia and particularly China is our focus. This is our biggest market,”…

AFP, Turkmenistan: Japan and Turkmenistan on Friday signed a raft of energy and other deals worth more than $18 billion during a Japanese leader’s first-ever official visit to the reclusive country. Ex-Soviet Turkmenistan, which has a population of more than five million people, sits atop the…

AFP, BANGKOK: The village sprang up in a matter of days—neat lines of bright yellow houses that looked like something a child might have built with…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen faces a rare open split among her team of policymakers as they head into a meeting Tuesday and Wednesday to again weigh raising interest rates. A new wave of doubts about the US economy among several Fed officials is almost certain to see the central…

AFP, BEIJING: China’s leaders gather today to hash out a new Five Year Plan to battle slowing growth, and analysts say they must choose between…

Part-1 Tasnim Sabil a 7th semester BBA student of North South University sprints a Facebook based startup name Rupanzeel Collection. It’s in essence a cosmetic selling stockpile and Tansim pays out fewer hours per day next to with her study. The f-commerce (Facebook Commerce) shop has 21,620 fans…